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Winter Palace Hotel

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1WPH
06031926
6 Mar 1926 postcard franked 10m deep rose King Fouad second portrait issue cancelled with the rare Winter Palace Hotel Office, Luqsor CDS. Destination Chicago, USA.

Simon Arzt

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1SARZ
30111937
30 Nov 1937 cover franked one 6m and one 30m Airmail stamps from Simon Arzt, Port Said post office. Cancelled at Portsaid Traffic and later at Alexandria. Destination CDS of Roma, Italy on reverse.

Thomas Cook

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1TOMC
08121949

8 Dec 1949 registered airmail cover with printed Thos. Cook & Son logo franked one 20m King Farouk and one 50m King Farouk Citadel from the Thomas Cook Cairo office with its scarce rectangular registration cachet (Cairo Cook's Office) and a red wax seal on reverse. The last seen similar cancellation was in 1947 (Peter Smith).

At a later time on the same day, cover was cancelled Cairo registeration then two days later at Aeroport Farouk and finally cancelled at the destination Mombasa Kenya.